Why isn't this now (retroactively) considered an 'official' Bond movie?

At the time this was originally made it was made by a competing studio, not MGM. That said, back in 1997 MGM acquired the rights to this film and now controls it's distribution. Why then, as it is now under the same ownership as the other Bond films, has it not been retroactively made 'official'? Just from a sales point of view on DVDs and Blu-Rays, it seems like the film would sell better if it was part of the official Bond collection.

Also, Connery is arguably the most popular Bond of all time. A 7th Connery Bond film has to hold some value to MGM.

Back in 1983 when this was made, it was obvious why this one wasn't considered 'official'. All these years later with the film now being controlled by MGM, it makes little sense to me. I recently bought the Sean Connery collections vols 1 and 2 on blu-ray, and I wish this had been included. It's a Connery Bond film controlled by MGM....why not?